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Moskva-City () is the northern terminus of one of the 2 branches of the Filyovskaya Line of the
Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a rapid transit system in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one l ...
system in
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. The station was built as part of the second stage and completed the branch of the Filyovskaya Line into the
Moscow International Business Center The Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), also known as Moscow-City, is an under-construction commercial development in Moscow, the capital of Russia. The project occupies an area of 60 hectares, and is located just east of the Third Rin ...
(Moscow-City). It opened on 30 August 2006. The station, designed by architects A. Orlov and A. Nekrasov, features a deep-level column tri-vault design. However, unlike the standard Moscow Metro station sizes, the platform length is shortened from 162 to 118 metres, while the sizes of both the central and platform vaults have also been reduced from the standard 9 to 7.5 metres. As a result, the station has sizes similar to those on the
London Underground The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or as the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. The Undergro ...
stations. Also, Moskva-City is the only deep-level station that features a curved platform. Decoratively the station has a modern "high-tech" design that blends with the skyscraper landscape of the Moscow-City. The design consists of white marble and plastic panels, a dark granite floor, and metallic interpylon slabs. The western vestibule of the station is located under Moscow's internal motorway, the Third Ring. The lobby contains modernized turnstiles. The eastern vestibule with escalator was built later, and opened on 30 December 2017.


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{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 2006 Moscow International Business Center Filyovskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia